Author: InvestAdvocate

TRANSCORP shareholders Endorse Rights Issue

By Our Correspondent Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Shareholders of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TRANSCORP), Thursday endorsed the Company’s proposed Rights issue.   Shareholders of the Company endorsed this at its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held in Lagos Nigeria.   Late last month, the firm in a Notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) […]

WAEMU Average nominal debt stands 40% of GDP-IMF

  By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate   Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday said average nominal debt for the West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) region now stands at about 40 percent (40%) of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).   This is coming on the heels of the IMF’s Executive […]

Yields on T-bills, FGN bonds to rise

Following the increase in inflation rate, financial experts have said that the yields on short-tenored Treasury Bills and FGN Bonds may rise as temporary reaction to the increase. A report made available to our correspondent on Wednesday by FSDH Merchant Bank, however, stated that the yields were likely to drop […]